A Hope for Today...
I will not lose it.
I will not yell.
I will do better.
I will be more patient, more gentle, more understanding.
I will try squash my grrrrr instincts.
I will avoid power struggles.
I will not let my buttons get pushed.
If they do get pushed, I will not blow my stack.
I will negotiate.
I will listen to the unspoken words between the whines. (ha!)
I will practice better empathy.
I will research special needs.
I will learn how to deal better.
And when all of this fails, as it likely will at some point during the day,
I will not succumb to 'bad-parent-itis and cry myself to sleep
(again).
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my everyday...miss you tasha
ReplyDeleteMiss you too, Sarah!!!! WIsh we could commiserate more and share battlescars (and you, know, the good stuff too ;)
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